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- Hannah Holscher, PhD, RD, is an Associate Professor of Nutrition in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and the Division of Nutritional Sciences. She also has affiliate appointments with the ...
2021-07-23 - The first annual Blackwell Summer Scholars Program finished on July 2, 2021, with the Blackwell Scholars student presentation event. The program witnessed fourteen scholars embark on a six-week-long journey as they worked together on an assortment of projects, culminating with their research presentations at the end of the program. The Blackwell Summer Scholars Program kicked off on May 24, 2021...
2021-07-21 - Department of Statistics PhD student, Joshua Loyal, has been selected for the 2021 International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) Best Student/Postdoc Contributed Paper Award, which is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Loyal’s paper, titled: An Eigenmodel for Dynamic Multilayer Networks was presented at the 2021 ISBA World Meeting held from June 28 through July...
2021-07-19 - The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has appointed Statistics Professor, Xiaofeng Shao, as the newest Data Science Founder Scholar. The named scholars program aims to recognize outstanding members of the faculty and to provide each with a funding allocation to enhance her or his scholarly activities. Dr. Shao received his PhD in...
2021-06-17 - The International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA) has selected Yujia Deng - fifth year PhD student - as one of six possible winners of the Student Paper Awards of the ICSA 2021 Applied Statistics Symposium. Deng's paper, titled: Query-augmented Active Metric Learning, will be presented at the ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium, which will be held virtually from...
2021-05-26 - The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Academic Advising Committee (IlliAAC) has named Statistics Undergraduate Advisor, Aaron Smith, as one of the recipients of the 2021 Outstanding New Advising Professionals. Smith was selected for this award for his dedication, care, and commitment to serving the undergraduate student population in the Department of Statistics. Along with the Program...
2021-05-26 - During its annual promotion review process, the Campus Committee on Promotion and Tenure identifies exceptional cases of scholars whose contributions have been extraordinary in terms of quality of work and overall achievement...
2021-05-25 - Multiple Department of Statistics faculty, staff, and students have been named recipients of the LAS Impact Award for recognizing inspiring efforts during COVID-19. Recognizing the dedication and efforts of LAS faculty, staff, and students during the COVID-19 pandemic, the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has named more than 500 recipients of the LAS Impact Award. The LAS Impact Award is...
2021-05-13 - The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have named this year's Bronze Tablet awardees. Of the 82 graduating seniors to receive this honor, 16 are from the Department of Statistics. Each year, the Bronze Tablet is inscribed with the names of new graduates and placed in the Main Library to honor academic achievement. To achieve this honor,...
2021-02-16 - The American Statistical Association (ASA) have selected Yangfan Zhang - fourth year PhD student - as one of three winners of the Student Paper Awards of ASA Nonparametric Statistics. Yangfan's paper, titled: Adaptive Inference for Change Points in High-Dimensional Data will be presented at a special Joint Statistical Meeting (JSM) topic-contributed session "...
2021-01-21 - The future of Altgeld Hall and Illini Hall is coming into focus as the University of Illinois moves forward with detailed planning for the $192 million project to modernize and grow spaces devoted to data science and other mathematical and statistical sciences. The Board of Trustees approved schematic designs for the Altgeld and Illini...
2020-11-24 - Four professors in the College of LAS have been named Richard and Margaret Romano Professorial Scholars for their leadership and research. Richard Romano (BS, ’54, chemical engineering) and his wife, Margaret, established the program, which provides faculty members with $25,000 per year for their work....
2020-09-15 - College Factual, a collegiate ranking site focused on using the best data available to help students make smart choices with their education and pocketbooks, recently ranked the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as the #4 Best College for Statistics majors for 2021. Part of the...
2020-07-17 - David Blackwell had a distinguished career while living an extraordinary life. Against the backdrop of the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, and the Civil Rights Era, Blackwell’s life is one of inspiration. From the very beginning, Blackwell overcame insurmountable odds to become an influential contributor to the world of mathematics and statistics. Blackwell's journey started in...
2020-07-14 - The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $15.5 million to four universities in Illinois, including the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, to create an institute to bring powerful mathematical ideas to bear on key contemporary scientific and technological challenges. Researchers at the new Institute for Mathematical and Statistical...